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AASHTO, FHWA to continue Center for Environmental Excellence agreement for 5 years

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) will continue their agreement for another five years in continuing the Center for Environment Excellence. The program was authorized by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). FHWA and AASHTO established the center in 2001 […]

September 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

Arches National Park on tap for road work in 2017

Arches National Park will get some much needed road work starting in early 2017, with most of the work taking place between March and October. According to Deseret News, the major road construction project will have crews resurfacing, restoring and rehabilitating 26 miles of roads and pullouts in the park, and will require that Devils Garden campground be […]

September 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

Excavators eat away one bridge, cranes build another in CDOT replacement time-lapse

The fascinating video below, filmed by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT), might be our new favorite construction time-lapse. From several different angles, the video shows how Manafort Construction Co. demolished and replaced the Lindley Street bridge on the southbound side of Route 8/25. The CtPost reports that the video shows design/build construction that allowed […]

August 31, 2016

Roadbuilding

PHOTOS: The equipment, trucks and booths of the 2016 APWA Public Works Expo

The American Public Works Association’s 2016 International Public Works Expo in Minneapolis this week featured a variety of equipment, new technology and services covering the entire public works industry from more than 400 exhibitors. Here is a gallery of photos we shot on the show floor during the week.

August 31, 2016

Roadbuilding

Evolution Edges introduces UNIQCS quick change snowplow scraper system at APWA PWX

Evolution Edges introduced its universal quick change scraper system, or UNIQCS, at the American Public Works Association (APWA) Public Works Expo in Minneapolis. The UNIQCS, which the company says fits all plow types, can be installed or replaced without tools and by one person in 20 minutes. The clamp sets are bolted to the moldboard […]

August 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT partners with Intelight to install 1,000 smart traffic signals

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has partnered with Intelight to install 1,000 smart traffic signals across the state, as of the end of July. The project is part of an effort to upgrade traffic signals throughout Georgia to an “up-to-the second” controller technology. GDOT says the updates will keep engineers from relying on citizen complaints […]

August 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT builds temporary bridges during I-69 bridge replacement project

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is warning drivers to expect lane shifts on Interstate 69 as it proceeds with a bridge replacement project. ABC 21 reports that contractors plan to install two temporary bridges ahead of the bridge replacement—one at Flat Creek and the other at Eight Mile Creek. The interstate will have lane restrictions in both directions between lane […]

August 30, 2016

Roadbuilding

NHTSA rules Tenn. ineligible for $60 million in highway funding due to state’s new underage drinking law

Tennessee’s Congressional delegates sent a group letter to U.S. Transportation Sec. Anthony Foxx asking him to “work with” state leaders in ironing out a potential $60 million federal highway funding cut set in motion by a recent state law. Representatives signing the letter include Phil Roe (R), Chuck Fleischmann (R), Stephen Fincher (R), John Duncan […]

August 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

APWA names 2016 Public Works Projects of the Year during PWX

The American Public Works Association (APWA) announced 25 winners of its 2016 Public Works Projects of the Year on the first full day of the Public Works Expo (PWX) in Minneapolis “The APWA Project of the Year recognizes the alliance between the managing agency, the contractor, the consultant and their cooperative achievements,” the association says. […]

August 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Nebraska’s Lancaster Co. struggles to maintain 53 rural bridges

The bridge engineer’s department in Lancaster County, Nebraska, maintains 53 rural bridges that are more than 50 years old. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the bridges are built with timber support beams and obsolete foundations, and that most were built too short for the streams they span. The county’s bridge engineer, Chad Packard, told the news agency that his office […]

August 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Texas DOT’s $70 billion transportation program approved

The Texas Transportation Commission has approved the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) 2017 Unified Transportation Program (UTP) that includes $70.19 billion in projects over a 10-year period. The 2017 UTP is more than double the previous plan that included roughly $33 billion in projects. “The Unified Transportation Program reflects TxDOT’s commitment to planning for and […]

August 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT estimates adaptive signals in Greeley save commuters roughly $6 million in travel costs, time

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) estimates the adaptive signals it installed on U.S. 34 Bypass and U.S. 85 near Greeley have cut travel times enough to save travelers through the corridor about $5.8 million on an annualized basis. Adaptive signals change timings on actual travel demands rather than through set parameters using a combination […]

August 26, 2016